Hook and eye



(No Model.)

H. W. LIBBEY.

HOOK ANDIEYE. No. 437,214. Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HOSEA W. LIBBEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,214, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed August 26, 1889. Serial No. 321,969. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOSEA WV. LIBBEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a hook and eye that when connected together will not be liable to become detached; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the hook and eye, as hereinafter'fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a hook and eye stamped out of sheet metal and embodying my invention, showing them connected together. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the hook. Fig. i is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan or top view of the eye. Fig. 6 is a side View of the same. Fig. 7 is a plan or top View of an eye with safety-stops. Fig. 8 is a side view of the same.

The hook A and eye B are made of sheet metal, as shown in Figs. 1 to 8, in which case they are each stamped out in one piece and bent to the form shown, a being the hook proper, and over which the eye B passes. In front of the hook a is a safety-bar I), connected to the head 0 by side bars d. Holes 6 are formed in the head 0, by means of which the hook can be sewed to the garment or other articles. The hook B is simply a fiat piece of metal having straight sides, a square hole f, and holes 9 g for securing it to the garment or other article.

It will be seen that when the hook and eye are connected together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the eye being under the safety-bar b, it would be impossible for the eye of itself to rise over the hook and become detached, as the eye must first be brought to a slight angle to allow it to pass over the hook. The safetybar and side piece act as guides and assist in hooking.

For further security, to prevent the eye being pushed forward beyond the end of the hook at, the outer edges of the eye may be out and bent slightly down to form shoulders h, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, so that should the eye be pushed toward the end of the hook without being brought to an angle, the shoulders h will come into contact with the inner edge of the head 0 and prevent any further forward movement.

That I claim as my invention is- A hook and eye composed of the members A B, the member Abeing formed with a hook projecting from the head 0, and a safety-bar I), connected by side bars d to the head 0, thus "forming an aperture through which theeye is passed, incombination with an eye having a square aperture and adapted to pass under the safety-bar b, and provided with shoulders h, that come in contact with the inner edge of the head 0, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 27th day of June, A. D. 1890.

HOSEA W. LIBBEY.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. STEERE, EDWIN PLANTA. 

